COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 129 Parties with certain names not to be registered

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 129

             (1)  The Electoral Commission shall refuse an application for the registration of a political party if, in its opinion, the name of the party or the abbreviation of its name that it wishes to be able to use for the purposes of this Act (if any):

                     (a)  comprises more than 6 words;

                     (b)  is obscene;

                     (c)  is the name, or is an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of another political party (not being a political party that is related to the party to which the application relates) that is a recognised political party;

                     (d)  so nearly resembles the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of another political party (not being a political party that is related to the party to which the application relates) that is a recognised political party that it is likely to be confused with or mistaken for that name or that abbreviation or acronym, as the case may be; or

                   (da)  is one that a reasonable person would think suggests that a connection or relationship exists between the party and a registered party if that connection or relationship does not in fact exist; or

                     (e)  comprises the words "Independent Party" or comprises or contains the word "Independent" and:

                              (i)  the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a recognised political party; or

                             (ii)  matter that so nearly resembles the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a recognised political party that the matter is likely to be confused with or mistaken for that name or that abbreviation or acronym, as the case may be.

             (2)  In this section:

"recognised political party" means a political party that is:

                     (a)  a Parliamentary party; or

                     (b)  a registered party; or

                     (c)  registered or recognised for the purposes of the law of a State or a Territory relating to elections and that has endorsed a candidate, under the party's current name, in an election for the Parliament of the State or Assembly of the Territory in the previous 5 years.